Two University of Otago students have received the Surveyor-General’s Prize in Geodesy.

The prize was awarded to Nicholas Roy and Campbell Horsbrugh for excellent work in the SURV399 third-year field course.

The students were presented with their prizes by Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand Deputy Surveyor-General Jeff Needham, on behalf of Surveyor-General Anselm Haanen, at a ceremony at the School for Surveying University of Otago.

Roy and Horsbrugh each received a cash prize of NZ$750, with the Deputy Surveyor-General congratulating them and noting that they “stood out for strong technical communication skills and robust analytical thinking”.

The Surveyor-General’s annual Prize in Geodesy was established more than two decades ago to recognise the best student project from the University’s SURV399 field course.

The course provides hands-on experience in real-world surveying, while also fulfilling the control survey requirement for registration as a land surveyor.